Could someone give me (or direct me to) a step to step guide of how to convert a save for Doomsday. Also does the game have to be in 1936 for this to work?
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I would like to know that, too. the vicky wiki only talks about eu2vicky conversion, and hoi2wiki does not talk about any conversion at all. I have a nice game going in 1880's, and I would like to continue that in HoI.
You have to have Victoria Revolutions. At the end of the game in 1936 there should be a button on your victory screen that says "Export". Click it and hope that the game doesn't crash.
One major issue with the ricky exporter is that it does not include the vicky resources - it will use the default HoI2 resource map unless you use a 3rd party converter as well.
I tried that one, didn't work, and the help thread for that seems to have been dead for some time.
It works for me just fine.
First you export the game at the end of ricky.
Then you open the 3rd party exporter.
-feed it the Ricky exported game
-feed it the Ricky game
-run the "exporter"
move the file to Hoi2,
start up Hoi2,
load the "saved game" for GC36
Do note that if it didn't work you probably either
a) swapped the places of the 2 input files or
b) had too low a ratio for the resource conversions
There are a few issues I have found.
1) all destroyers are lvl 1
2) the amount of resources available is hard to balance with the industrial output
3) Everyone get 1000 convoy tranports - way too many for many people, not enough for big empires - especially if the amount of resources is very high
4) No one get to use the "secret weapons" - so no jets/rockets/etc
First you export the game at the end of ricky.
Then you open the 3rd party exporter.
-feed it the Ricky exported game
-feed it the Ricky game
-run the "exporter"
move the file to Hoi2,
start up Hoi2,
load the "saved game" for GC36
Do note that if it didn't work you probably either
a) swapped the places of the 2 input files or
b) had too low a ratio for the resource conversions
There are a few issues I have found.
1) all destroyers are lvl 1
2) the amount of resources available is hard to balance with the industrial output
3) Everyone get 1000 convoy tranports - way too many for many people, not enough for big empires - especially if the amount of resources is very high
4) No one get to use the "secret weapons" - so no jets/rockets/etc
Granted, I don't, or haven't, played exported games in HOI2 nor have I even looked seriously at the resource converter, but just how are the two files that you reference above different in any way?
Forgive me, I'm just confused and not willing to read the "how to" stuff on the resource converter.
The Ricky exported game is a HOI2 savegame, with information on units, province ownership/cores, HOI2 industy/resources (NOT from ricky), etc in HOI2 format.
The Ricky savegame is the save saved from within the Ricky interface (not the exported game). Everything in it is in Ricky savegame format.
The 3rd party converter looks at both files - gets the units/ownerships/government info from the exported game and then add the resource/industry from the ricky savegame.
When I get home tonight, I'll run down the exact method that I use. (assuming I remember to)
Here is what I do:
1) open VikkitoHoI 4.00 Resource by Michael Gottesman 2006
2) Set the manpower/resources ratios to what I think are good
3) browse and put the victoria save in the "Victoria File Name"
4) browse and put the HoI2 exported Ricky file into the "DD Export File Name"
Note this comes from the /victoria/scenarios/exported\ games/<filename>
5) click the convert button
6) retrieve the file from /VikkitoHOI\ 4.00\ Release/Output/<filename> and copy/move it to the /Doomsday/scenarios/save\ games/
7) Open up DD and then load the savegame
NOTE: I have not played VIP - this MAY not work with VIP.
There are a couple of other reasons that I have heard - No comintern leader/ no Axis leader/ Alled leader. I don't know if the HoI converter requires one of each or the actual leaders of russia/germany/UK?
Yeah, I can read the instructions too, you know, and I think I have it figured out anyway. The point where it failed was in the actual conversion. So I figure it's because I use Vista (got it for free, couldn't be bothered to go over to XP).
Edit: Nope, that wasn't the problem, or at least not all of it. I'm getting a "input string is wrong format".
Exact error here: (translation in parentheses)
System.FormatException: Inndatastrengen hadde ugyldig format. (Inndata string has illegal format)
ved (by/at) System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
ved System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
ved System.Int32.Parse(String s)
ved csConverter.ManpowerLibrary.ManpowerLibrary.Compare()
ved csConverter.ManpowerLibrary.ManpowerLibrary..ctor(String x, Double ManpowerRatio)
ved csConverterInterface.beginConvert.beginConversion(String x, String y, Double OilRatio, Double SulfurRatio, Double RubberRatio, Double Precious_MetalRatio, Double IronRatio, Double CoalRatio, Double ManpowerRatio)
ved csWindow.defaultGUI.ConvertClick(Object objSrc, EventArgs args)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
ved System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
ved System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
ved System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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I use the converter Montyp made, it cuts the units and ships in half, and gives much better IC (it doesn't use the industrial score, it calculates IC based on the types of factories you have) and will port wars and alliances over, and you can use jets and a-bombs, these work with it.
Same problem for me
Huh, I thought it was just me who had this problem.
Do you need to have anything in addition to the converter installed? A lot of utilities require a .net framework or some other programming language, but the readme didn't specify any such programs.
never used it but I found a link:
http://www.ederon.net/Programs/VicToHoI2Converter/tabid/129/language/en-US/Default.aspx
http://www.ederon.net/Programs/VicToHoI2Converter/tabid/129/language/en-US/Default.aspx
It doesn't convert tech teams though, the inbuild Ricky converter does.
No I don't, but if you PM me an email address I can send it too you.
It could not be easier to use, all you have to do is click a button that asks if you want to convert a save, and then using a browse for the save, just click on the save you want to convert, rename it, and that is it.
Moving it to Doomsday is very easy, just copy the newly created save, and paste it into the 'saved game' folder in doomsday, and it works perfectly.